Monthly Archives: October 2016

When Carmen and I chose to visit Gladstone on Saturday to view The 41st Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards 2016 and attend the judge’s floor talk, it proved to be a big day out. With a phone call from the Gladstone art gallery (while in the Gallery) expressing a desire to have Carmen attend the opening night, … Continue reading →

Carmen entered the above painting into The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) for 2016. This is an annual visual arts prize and exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and remote Queensland. In Flying Arts’ 45th year, the QRAA theme was ‘Colours of Queensland’. Artists were asked to consider what brings colour, vibrancy and life to their local community or region, drawing on personal experiences and observations.

After celebrating a major birthday, Carmen was delighted to hear that her painting ‘Mapping the Colours’ was awarded The Annie Tan Memorial Watercolour Award and will be on tour throughout Queensland from Nov 2016 to Jan 2018.